ragginovel Chapter 568 Performance (Part 2)
Chapter 568 Performance (Part 2)
Chapter 568 Performance (Part 2)
A moment later, outside the Ming army camp.
Feng Manlou, along with several lieutenants, Huang Donglai, and Fa Ning who had come to join the fun, arrived at the front lines.
With Feng Manlou's martial arts skills, his eyesight must be beyond that of ordinary people. However, at this moment, he didn't need to use any special skills to confirm the enemy's situation, because at this moment, there was only "one rider" coming to challenge him.
Of course, that horse was no ordinary horse. From top to bottom, front to back, it had everything: a judge's head, an iron-boned beam, bird-wing rings, a victory hook... The saddle and harness were clearly distinguishable. It was a fine steed that only a general would be equipped with.
In contrast, the person on horseback also did not look like an ordinary person, as he was dressed in the clothes of a Yuan army servant, and the weapon he held looked like a pitchfork. In any case, this guy did not seem to be the true owner of this horse.
"Holy crap, has this idiot gone mad?" Huang Donglai didn't even need to see him clearly. Just by glancing at his figure and listening to his distinctive voice when he was cursing, he knew that this was Sun Yixie.
"What? You know that person?" Feng Manlou asked, turning his head immediately after hearing Huang Donglai's complaint.
"Uh... this..." Huang Donglai was a little nervous now, because he was afraid that if he told the truth, he would be arrested as a spy.
“Oh dear~ Didn’t we just mention that?” Unexpectedly, Faning chimed in for him, “That’s Xiao Huang’s good brother, Sun Yixie.”
"Oh..." Feng Manlou almost laughed when he heard this, but he held it in. Then he said in a teasing tone, "You mean that 'lying-down dragon'?" He paused, "Judging from this... he's trying to scam someone and ended up on the battlefield?"
In Feng Manlou's view, Sun Yixie's behavior at this moment actually proved that he was probably not Mingjun's enemy, because enemies usually don't give away their resources so easily.
Here we'll digress a bit: in this universe, the scenario of "each side sending one or more generals to the front lines for a one-on-one duel or a group fight," which is common in historical novels and storytelling but almost impossible in reality, does exist.
However... it's definitely not normal for just one person to charge into the enemy's main force all by himself; that's something you only see in video games.
"Listen up, you people inside! I am Sun Yixie, a general of the Yuan army! If you have the guts, bring out your general, I want to fight him one-on-one!"
Meanwhile, Sun Yixie's shouts outside the camp grew louder and louder. However, despite his fierce shouts, his body was poised to turn his horse around and flee at any moment, a stark contrast to his arrogant words.
So what is Brother Sun up to now?
Let's go back a bit from the book, and I'll explain it to you in just a few words.
Now, after the Yuan general Yibula settled the "wrestling" matter, Sun Yixie immediately got inspiration from the other party's words, "I'm waiting to see how you perform."
As soon as the crowd dispersed, Sun Ge sneaked into Kunduli's tent. While Kunduli's trusted men were busy taking care of their superior, he easily stole Kunduli's mount and charged out of the Yuan army camp.
He originally intended to steal the other party's armor as well, but after trying it, he found that Kunduli was too different in size from him and had to give up.
After leaving the Yuan army camp, Sun Yixie ran south. Having infiltrated the Ming army camp for two days, he already knew a lot about the situation between the Yuan and Ming armies. So, his purpose in running to the Ming army camp was to "tip off" the enemy.
According to his calculations, the best-case scenario for this trip was that he could successfully summon a Ming army general, quickly gain the general's trust, inform him of the Yuan army's attack plans that he had heard about two days ago, and then have the general cooperate with him to put on a show and give Yibula some "performance" so that he could continue to infiltrate the Yuan army.
The worst-case scenario is that the Ming army's men don't believe him at all, let alone cooperate with his act, and treat his military intelligence as nonsense. Since he couldn't escape, he would have no choice but to surrender, considering it as stealing a good horse for the Ming army.
However, things turned out much better than Sun Yixie expected. He didn't expect that... after he challenged them for a while, the other side would send out a man and a horse, and he recognized the man... it was Huang Donglai.
It wasn't that Huang Donglai volunteered to "go into battle," but rather that Feng Manlou asked him to do it.
Don't let Feng Ge's usual serious and ruthless demeanor fool you; when it comes to trivial, amusing things, he can instantly become incredibly humorous... even cunning.
This duality is actually a talent for leading troops; a person who only focuses on reason or emotion cannot lead troops well, but Feng Manlou is a person who can take both into account.
He knew that sometimes it was beneficial to deliberately do things like this, fool around with the soldiers, and get along well with them.
But today, he went a little too far...
Just as Huang Donglai rode his horse out of the camp, a cloud of dust suddenly rose on the horizon behind Sun Yixie.
Feng Manlou looked closely and saw that it was none other than the Yuan army commander Yibula, who was personally leading two hundred soldiers to charge into battle.
It's quite funny, actually. When Yibula heard from his men that Sun Yixie had stolen a horse and left the camp, he didn't care at all, saying that it was fine if the man ran away. But unexpectedly, his men immediately said... that kid stole the precious horse that you gave to General Kunduli last time.
Upon hearing this, Ibrahim jumped up and blurted out a vulgar Mongolian phrase, which roughly translates to: "I really did fuck!"
Here we won't use any complicated analogies, just imagine: Dong Zhuo just gave Red Hare to Lü Bu, and a few days later he heard that a soldier had stolen the horse and escaped from the city, how would he react?
Yibula panicked immediately and quickly mustered two hundred soldiers, chasing after them like a madman.
But to be fair, his hasty and hasty deployment of troops caught the Ming army off guard. They never expected that the enemy commander would lead such a small force to attack their main camp in broad daylight.
For a moment, things got a bit chaotic on the Ming army's side as well.
Fortunately, Feng Manlou, who had come out to watch the fun, was now in charge of the battle. With him there, the chaos would not last long. Feng Manlou quickly issued a few orders and ordered the war drums to be beaten. The Ming army immediately cheered up and began to form ranks in an orderly manner to prepare to meet the enemy.
Just as Yibula's two hundred elite soldiers and the Ming army's main camp were getting close enough to see each other clearly... Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai started fighting on the battlefield.
Accompanied by the sound of war drums from the Ming army, the scene was just like each side sending out a general to fight one-on-one.
Yibula was also stunned when he saw this, because he originally thought that Sun Yixie must have "stole the horse and returned to Ming" and wanted to chase after him to kill him, but when he got here, he saw... this scene was not right.
So, half-doubting, he ordered a halt to the charge and began to observe from a normal distance between the two armies.
Meanwhile, Sun and Huang were locked in a fierce battle at the front lines.
Huang Donglai somehow acquired a long spear, and he and Sun Yixie charged into battle, spears held high and halberds drawn, exchanging blows.
Both of them were skilled in martial arts and knew each other very well. When they sparred, it was just as exciting as a battle scene carefully designed by a martial arts director in a modern martial arts movie. With their tacit cooperation, even Feng Manlou was stunned by their performance.
After performing like this for a few minutes, the two suddenly each feinted an opening, threw their weapons, and leaped off their saddles, dramatically replicating the famous scene of "Nanto Hellfire Fist VS Hokuto Flying Guard Fist" in mid-air. Then, they naturally transitioned from fighting on horseback to fighting on foot.
Then, the fight turned from a dazzling exchange of moves into an ugly, close-quarters brawl, like a child's wrestling and tearing.
Of course, this whole turn of events was deliberately orchestrated by the two of them...
Under the cover of the war drums, neither of the Yuanming and Erjun armies, which were more than a hundred meters apart, noticed that the two had secretly engaged in a great deal of dialogue during this "close combat".
"What's going on here?" Yibula looked at the scene, and after a while, he remembered, "This doesn't seem like he's going to defect to the enemy. Could it be that when I said I wanted to see his 'performance,' he really acted impulsively and stole a horse to attack Ming Camp?"
As he hesitated, a lieutenant next to him came up and gave Brother Sun a helping hand: "General, the kid he was fighting is the same guy who appeared in our camp a couple of nights ago."
"Oh? Is that so?" Yibula was taken aback upon hearing this, and then confirmed again, "You're not mistaken?"
“No mistake.” The lieutenant replied, “That night, I was in charge of leading the men to capture them. Although it was dark at the time, these two were easy to recognize because one had no eyes and the other had no neck. Moreover… their martial arts and movements are exactly the same as they were that night, so I remembered them when I saw them.”
"Hmm..." Yibula pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then thought to himself, "So it seems... what this Japanese kid told me the night before last was true. He hates this fake brother who betrayed him to the bone, otherwise he wouldn't have fought like this."
Just as he was thinking this, the battle at the front line ended.
The result was... Huang Donglai was the first to turn around, mount his horse, and flee back to the camp.
Sun Yixie picked up his weapon, mounted his horse, and shouted, "You neckless thief, where do you think you're going!" He then spurred his horse and gave chase.
Seeing this, Feng Manlou couldn't tell that it was an act, so he immediately ordered the archers to fire arrows to cover Huang Donglai.
Yibula took a look and realized that this kid had actually won. Judging from his skills on the battlefield, his martial prowess was definitely no less than that of Kunduli!
After thinking it over, Yibula realized that whether it was a man or a horse, he had to save him. So Yibula decisively led his men in another charge and managed to bring Sun Yixie back from the edge of the enemy's arrow rain.
Before leaving with Yibula, Sun Yixie turned back and shouted through gritted teeth, "You surnamed Huang! You're lucky you escaped today, but remember this: I'll never forgive you! If you fall into my hands again, you'll be dead for sure!"
His expression and demeanor were so convincing that no one around him could detect the slightest flaw; they all felt that it was an incredibly real and deep-seated hatred.
Especially Yibula, who thought to himself: This time it's definitely safe. This kid is definitely not from the Ming army. I've gained a great general.
This leads to the story of Sun Ligong gaining power by recognizing a traitor as his father, and Huang Bai giving away fame and fortune through empty talk!